hey everybody...

im writing here cos at the moment im having some trouble with my providers who dont seem to be able to set up their accounts so far, that i can actually run my transferred pages there...
since i dont really know a lot about server administration but here are a lot of people who run their own servers, id like to ask you what settings they have to change there since they dont seem to be able to figure that out themselves...

1.) chmod settings:
my provider www.gotos.com has all directories set to chmod 655 by default if i remember correctly. but also has a certain option disabled, so that users cannot change the chmod settings for certain files/directories manually. as you can imagine this is a pretty big pain in the a**. i dont want to have to email my provider everytime i install a new script. so what should i tell him to do?

2.) php variables:
the gotos.com settings for php are pretty screwed up too: so when i upload my pages there and try to open them, every variable that is not assigned a value throws an error
(Warning: Undefined index: path in D:..\header.php on line 2) - check out the (on other servers errorfree) page www.stargraphx.com and enjoy the disaster...
the only thing i can do right now is check the value of each variable and set it to "" at the beginning of the page if it is not set -

<?php
if (!isset($variable)) {
$variable = "";
}
?>

very handy... tststs

and finally:

3.) another provider has a REALLY crappy mysql admin panel which lacks a lot of functionality compared to the latest phpmyadmin releases for example... i cant have the dump sent as a file, in the db saved html code gets processed and screws up the whole code in the db table when you try to browse it, default setting is 25 lines per page which makes browsing in a db with over 7000 lines a bit boring - especially since the "jump to page" field is erroneous... also the forwarding address panel is pretty crappy and so on...

so my question is, if there is a way to install my own db admin tool somewhere on my account. i have no idea if thatd be possible but youll tell me i guess...

thanks a lot... rock on - sid

    Sid my friend, you really need to find a new provider 🙂

    The initial problem is chmod - you're on a NT system from what I can tell and I am not sure what that means in terms of permissions and file execution - I am sorry, can't help there.

    For MySQL administration, I would recommend phpMyAdmin, you can download it from the following web site:

    http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/

    Open config.inc.php (I think that's the file) - and setup your host / login and password details there. It's highly recommended that you restrict access to the directory where phpMyAdmin sites. If .htaccess isn't possible, you can if ($REMOTE_ADDR != 'your_ip) { exit('permission denied'); } - of course this would make sense if you had a static IP.

    Seriously however, I do recommend you try another web host.

    Hope this helps a little bit.

    regards,
    -mustafa

      hey mustafa...

      i wemailed my provider some of your quotes 😉 maybe itll help - thanks a lot however.

      i finally actually DID install phpmyadmin - i wanted to do it numerous times before - but the config settings puzzled me a bit - so i never actially DID set it up... this time i just left empty what i didnt know and - voila - the thing is up and running...

      thanks a lot - if anyone knows what i can tell the gotos guy about the chmod/php variable misery please lemme know...

      thanks a lot - sid

      ps: furthermore gotos still couldnt manage to put a user controlpanel online - after 2 months... im looking forward to their next payment request...

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